Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-03

The circumstances q TIE murdsF oi
JAMES ManninR Colmsn On Liks wanh.
inR.os. February 9, fsss. are familiar q
cur readers. The arrest Of 0sorRs II
Miles for he mardsr. and his eonvis-
ton afles thses trials. d alas sqaslly
familiar Yesterday vss the dAy 81 fsr
hearing The motion foz an srrsss Of
judgnenA After TIE aFRumenk. N,
motion vas denied. The prizoner -
then uads q sand 90. Ths gudee
asbe1 him II be bad any further rennonu
70 oMeK Why sentences should nst y,
passed apo1 him, and hs repfied
Your Honor. don't kao1 anythino
about t." He undersook 10 aav sgres.
thing farther, has shoked 90 an-s
ssopped taikinR. Ths Cnief JuS1ies
thea proceeded 70 Eead TIE
sEExxNoH OF xnK oounx.
In rs DistFiet Court Of the laird ia.
dioiai Distrios 81 the Territory Of Waak
ington, holding terma ~ Seattle for IL
eDuntie8 Of King and kitaap.
No. 6l54. Territory II WashinQton N
George II MilIeF-Now, % this "a dav
Of July. A. d. 1887. the same being ons
Of the days Of the regular term OF this
cum, which convened on The last Nor.
day n May, 1887, tue motion Of defend-
ant heretofoEe made aud entered for
the arrest Of Judgment herein. comes On
regularly to Be heard, tue plaintiff. the
Territory Of Washington, beinR reurs-
eented By j. 7. Ronald, Prosecuting A.
toFney for the eoanties Of KinQ. Kffsap
and Saohomish, aud T. !. Humes, Rsa !,
his assistant IN this oauss; and the d.
fend8nt being present Ia person and by
bis attorneys, MeasFs. Meaoalfe, ete.;
and the e0uFt, after aFRument Of re-
speetive counsel on the part Of the de-
PENDANT and the Territory, ana being
fully adviaed IN the premises, upon con
sideFation denies said motion; 70 the
denying Of which said motion in arress
Of Judgment che defendant, bY his
counsel, here and nov except, which
exception 10 allowed BY toe court;
wheFeupon, tks said dsfondant still be-
ing present In open court, 10 person ana
By bis said oostn1sl, ia ordered By the
court 70 stand np, whieh bsing done,
the said defendant Il then informed by
the court Of tie verdiea Of the inEy 10
this case, aa follows:
George II. Miller, you base been
duly and regularly indicted By The
Grand Jury Of the Territory Of Wash
lnQton for tbs counties Of King and
Ktisap. regularly and lawfully drawn
and empaneled FROM she bodies OF said
counties Of King and Kitsap, in tue
Third Judicial DisiTiet Of the Territory
Of Washington. for the crime Of murder
In the hFat degree, committed puFDoasly
and Of your deliberate and pEsmedi-
tated malice. killing one James Mao
ming Oolman, In the said county Of
King, In the Third Judicial District, on
ths Sth day OF February, 1886. said
cause has been regularly and duly and
fairly tried ct this, the regular May
term Of said court, BY jaFy Of twelve
good and lawful men, regularly and
lawfully drawn al your Request from
Eae boJy Of the county OF Kttsap In the
distFict aforesaid; thai Jury has reRu-
larry and duly returned into open court,
you being present 10 person. and By
your counsel, Q verdict that you are
guilty, 81 charged In said Indictment,
which said verdict % returned By said
jury is as follows;
awe, the jury in the case Of the Ter.
FitOry Of Washington. plaintiff, against
George II. Miller, defendant, Cad the
defendAnt guilty as charged 10 the IN
dictment. J. N. KNAPP, Foreman
"WheFeupon The said defendant
George II. Miller is duly asked By the
court whether be has any further cause
10 show Why Judgment should not be
pronounced against him, 10 which the
slid defendant said nothing. By virtue
Of the Law and By reason Of the premises
herein, Il is nov duly considered, or
1eFed and adjadRed BY the court that
you, the said George II. Miller, be taken
hence 10 the county jail Of said King
county, there TO be kept in close con-
dnemens until Friday, the 23d day Of
september, 1887. upon which said day,
between the hours OF 10 o'clock q. N.
and o'clock Q. 70. OF said day, you, the
seta 0sarxo ~. Milles, shail b0 By shs
SheriG Of said King county, taken from
said jail 10 the place Of execution 10 be
By said sheriff erected and constructed,
in the jail yard Of said King county.
then and there 10 be by the said Sheriff
banged By the neck until yOu are dead;
and q warrant is hereby ordered to be
drawn Ia due form Of law and delivered
10 the sheriff Of said King county 10
caEry this sentence into execution a. re-
duifed b. Law"